Adrienne Shibles

Adrienne Shibles
Current position
TitleAssociate Director of Athletics / SWA
TeamBates
ConferenceNESCAC
Biographical details
Alma materBates College BA
Smith College MS
Playing career
1987-1991Bates
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996-2005Swarthmore College
2008-2021Bowdoin
2021-2023Dartmouth
Head coaching record
Overall424–212 (.667)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x NCAA Runner-Up (2018, 2019)
2x NCAA Regional - Final Four (2018, 2019)
2x NESCAC (2009, 2020)
Centennial Conference (2001)
Awards
2019 DIII National Coach of the Year
2x Regional Coach of the Year (2018, 2019)
2x NESCAC Coach of the Year (2009, 2019)

Adrienne Shibles is a former American women's basketball coach who was most recently head coach of the Dartmouth Big Green women's basketball team.[1] Currently Shibles is the associate director of athletics at Bates College in Maine.[2]

Playing career

Shibles played collegiately at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. At Bates, she scored more than 1,000 career points.[3]

Coaching career

Bowdoin

She coached the Bowdoin Polar Bears women's basketball team to a 281-68 (.805) record, two New England Small College Athletic Conference championships, 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, and back-to-back NCAA Division III title game appearances. Shibles stepped down in May of 2021 and left Bowdoin at the winningest coach in the programs history.[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Swarthmore Garnet[5] (Centennial Conference) (1996–2005)
1996–97 Swarthmore 7–16 4–11
1997–98 Swarthmore 8–16 4–11
1998–99 Swarthmore 12–12 7–8
1999–2000 Swarthmore 14–11 9–4
2000–01 Swarthmore 23–5 12–3 1st NCAA Second Round
2001–02 Swarthmore 21–8 12–3
2002–03 Swarthmore 21–8 12–3
2003–04 Swarthmore 16–9 11–7
2004–05 Swarthmore 16–11 11–7
Swarthmore: 138–96 (.590)
Bowdoin Polar Bears[6] (New England Small College Athletic Conference) (2008–2021)
2008–09 Bowdoin 24–5 8–1 T–1st NCAA Second Round
2009–10 Bowdoin 22-7 5–4 5th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2010–11 Bowdoin 24–6 6–3 T–3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2011–12 Bowdoin 21–8 7–3 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2012–13 Bowdoin 14–11 4–6 8th
2013–14 Bowdoin 21–6 7–3 3rd NCAA First Round
2014–15 Bowdoin 25–5 9–1 2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2015–16 Bowdoin 22–7 8–2 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2016–17 Bowdoin 21–5 8–2 3rd NCAA First Round
2017–18 Bowdoin 29–3 9–1 2nd NCAA Runner–Up
2018–19 Bowdoin 31–2 10–0 1st NCAA Runner–Up
2019–20 Bowdoin 27–2 8–2 T–2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen*
Bowdoin: 281–68 (.805)
Dartmouth Big Green[7] (Ivy League) (2021–2023)
2021–22 Dartmouth 3–23 2–12 7th
2022–23 Dartmouth 2–26 0–14 8th
Dartmouth: 5–49 (.093) 2–26 (.071)
Total: 424–212 (.667)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

Shibles is from Knox, Maine and graduated from Mount View High School in Thorndike, Maine.[3] In August 2022, she was inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Shibles Steps Down as Women's Basketball Head Coach". Dartmouth College Athletics. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  2. ^ Royzman, Valerie (June 27, 2023). "Adrienne Shibles named Bates College's new associate athletic director". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Knox native Adrienne Shibles to be inducted into Maine Basketball Hall of Fame". PenBay Pilot.
  4. ^ Canfield, Eric (May 3, 2021). "Bowdoin College women's basketball coach Adrienne Shibles accepts job at Dartmouth". The Times Record. Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  5. ^ "Swarthmore Women's Basketball Year by Year Results". swarthmoreathletics.com. Swathmore Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  6. ^ "Bowdoin Women's Basketball History and Scores" (PDF). athletics.bowdoin.edu. Bowdoin Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Women's Basketball Records & History". dartmouthsports.com. Dartmouth Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2024.


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